Advanced Fighting Concepts

Bare knuckle boxing has a large influence in the development of my approach to martial arts. As I began learning Bruce Lee's martial arts about 14 years ago in Jacksonville Florida, I had no idea that I was learning bare knuckle boxing. I thought it was traditional wing chun and that most other wing chun schools did the same thing. It wasn't until years later that I found out have wrong I was. It was then that I realized that I had found something that was really unique. Since then, I've had...Read Full Story

Most martial arts are simply NOT as effective as you may think when it comes to training for real-world combat situations. We debunk some common misconceptions here. Misconception #1 The purpose of martial arts should be to build discipline and a great physical fitness enhancing individual strength, flexibility, balance, and cardio-respiratory fitness. Building personal courage, self confidence. We disagree. Although these benefits may come as a by-product of training, the primary...Read Full Story

The 2009 Bill Graves Wing Chun Seminar here in Orange County was nothing short of amazing. Held on April 25th at the YMCA in Laguna Niguel, CA and named Orange County's Self-Defense Revolution, the seminar participants left floored at the level of knowledge that Sifu Bill Graves had to share. With a small group of 15 at the event, Sifu Graves showed his ability to speak for over 6-hours on the subject of Wing Chun in a highly intelligent way that consistently drove his point across quite...Read Full Story

Wing Chun is an excellent martial art. It's theories are pretty much unparalleled when compared to other martial arts. Bruce Lee used Wing Chun as the backbone of his own personal martial art of which he called Jeet Kune Do. However, there is a distinct problem with Wing Chun - most Wing Chun schools lack "dynamic realism" in their training. They don't spar. They don't hit. They don't come out of their comfort zone to test their theories. They don't have enough hardcore, uncoorperative...Read Full Story

The Dragon Institute is planned to open in the south Orange County coastal city of Dana Point next month. As Orange County's first institution dedicated to Wing Chun Kung Fu, the purpose of The Dragon Institute is to preserve and promote the art of Wing Chun (also known as WingTsun, Ving Tsun or Chinese Gung Fu). Known widely as a close-combat hand-to-hand self-defense and Chinese martial arts system, Wing Chun is probably best known as being the core of Bruce Lee's personal martial arts...Read Full Story